BRUCEB NEWS
A Default Intervention For Microsoft
Microsoft, come in, glad you’re here, take a seat. Interventions are never welcome but I’m afraid we have to talk. You’re doing great work! Let’s start with that. The pivot to enterprise cloud services is brilliant. You’re managing to do what no other tech company is...
MICROSOFT EQUIPT
On July 15, Microsoft will begin selling a product that many of you should consider for your next computer. Microsoft Equipt includes Office 2007 Home and Student, Windows Live...
ACROBAT READER 9
Adobe has released Acrobat Reader 9, the new version of its PDF reader; the full version of Acrobat 9 will follow shortly. We'll be pressured to install the new version by...
WHICH VISTA VERSION?
[Originally posted June 7, 2007] Many people should buy the Business edition of Windows Vista, even for home computers. Here's Microsoft's chart comparing the features of the...
WINDOWS LIVE SKYDRIVE
[Originally posted February 26, 2008] Microsoft has upgraded Windows Live Skydrive, its service offering free online file storage. You now can store up to 5Gb of documents,...
COMPUTER SHOPPING 2008
[Originally posted November 26, 2007] Thinking about a new computer - home, home office, small business? Let me give you some generalizations that will help you get started. (As...
RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR COMPUTERS
[Originally posted October 30, 2007]I wish we could count on the software and hardware vendors to play fair and treat us well, but it's not happening. We have to take...
LIFE WITHOUT THE NETWORK
[Originally posted March 13, 2007] From Max Barry's marvelous book Company, about corporate life in the weeks after the computer network goes dead: "Two weeks ago the network...
BRUCE LEAVES YOU STRANDED
I'll be out of the country until July 3.Oh, stop it! Those of you who reacted with undisguised glee, just cut it out! And I know a couple of you are alarmed and are openly...
ROUTER PASSWORDS
You probably have a router or firewall device on your network - the little box that your DSL or cable modem plugs into. Make sure you've changed the default password on the...
PRINTER CONNECTIONS
Let me give you a simplified overview of printer terms, then offer a tip that might save a few seconds someday. (This is basic stuff. If you can tell where I'm leaving things...
QUICK TO ANGER
Quicktime has been an annoying bit of software for ten years now. My experience tonight was the final straw. I've spent the better part of an hour cleaning it off my system and I...
Vista Feature: Explorer Favorites
When you open a file folder on your computer with Vista - Documents, say, or Computer - the left hand column displays a short list of "Favorite Links." That Favorites list is...
FIREFOX 3
Mozilla released the Firefox 3 Internet browser on Tuesday and is working on setting a Guinness record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. There are a lot of people who...
SHUTDOWN MYSTERIES
I bet you don't know how to turn off your computer. Lots of people ask me why their computer doesn't turn off when they hit the power button on the front of the case after the...
NOTEBOOK MARKET
The market for notebook computers is growing fast. Notebooks already outsell desktop computers in the US and will outsell desktops globally by next year, according to the New...